2D shape Cover slide: 2D shapes British Museum powerpoint resource for the classroom.
Painted beaker from Susa, south-west Iran made 4000 BC http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/me/p/painted_beaker.aspx
Woman’s shawl From Matmata, Tunisia Late 20th century AD http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/w/womans_shawl_bakhnuq.aspx
Bronze Kaiyuan tongbao coin From China Tang dynasty, first issued AD 621 http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/b/bronze_kaiyuan_tongbao_coin.aspx
Bedouin camel decoration from Jordan made AD 1970s http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/c/camel_decoration.aspx
Brooch Early Anglo-Saxon, early 6th century AD From Grave 22, Chessell Down, Isle of Wight http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/g/great_square-headed_brooch.aspx
Floor tiles made AD 1200s for Bylands Abbey, North Yorkshire, England http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/m/mosaic_tiles_from_byland_abbey.aspx
Oval lidded basket of figs and dates From Egypt 18th Dynasty, 1550-1295 BC http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aes/o/oval_lidded_basket_of_figs_and.aspx
Silver dish Roman Britain, 4th century AD From Mileham, Norfolk http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_image.aspx?image=ps226385.jpg&retpage=21236
Thailand tokens AD 1800s. http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/c/ceramic_gambling_token.aspx
C.R.W. Nevinson, Looking through Brooklyn Bridge, a drypoint United States of America, around AD 1921 http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pd/c/crw_nevinson,_looking_throu.aspx
Utagawa Hiroshige, 'Suidō Bridge and Surugadai' (Suidōbashi Surugadai), a colour woodblock print Japan, 1857. http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/asia/u/utagawa_hiroshige,_suid%c5%8d_brid.aspx
Printed money envelope Used in London, Chinese New Year AD 2005 http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/p/printed_money_envelope.aspx